Combat Game Designer
FunPlus
Technical Game Designer
FunPlus
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lisbon • 🇵🇹 Portugal
Visit company websiteJob Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Prototype and implement gameplay features, mechanics, and systemic behaviors in Unreal Engine
- Partner with designers to bring designs from paper to playable
- Build and maintain modular tools, templates, and data structures
- Debug, profile, and optimize gameplay systems
- Establish and document best practices for gameplay scripting
- Collaborate with engineering to bridge design goals and technical constraints
- Participate in feature reviews, offering technical input on scope and feasibility
- Support content integration across multiple disciplines
- Maintain rapid iteration pipelines for gameplay testing and tuning.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a Technical Designer, Gameplay Scripter, or similar role
- Fluent in Unreal Engine 5
- Deep understanding of Blueprint scripting, data-driven workflows, and gameplay frameworks
- Comfortable reading or writing C++, even if not your primary tool
- Strong understanding of gameplay systems, state machines, event logic, and AI behavior frameworks
- Must be an excellent communicator and able to translate between creative and technical languages
- Calm under pressure and focused on execution quality.
- Motivated by building tools and systems that make great design inevitable.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Unreal Engine 5Blueprint scriptingC++gameplay systemsstate machinesevent logicAI behavior frameworksdata-driven workflowsgameplay featuresgameplay mechanics
Soft skills
excellent communicatorcalm under pressurefocused on execution qualitycollaborationtechnical inputproblem-solvingcreativityadaptabilitymotivationdocumentation
